DaysofPal- The National Committee for Jordanian Prisoners and Missing Persons in Israeli Jails has warned that conditions for Jordanian, Palestinian, and other Arab detainees are now the most dangerous and the harshest in the history of the prisoners’ movement, which is a silent war of extermination.
In a statement received by Sanad News Agency on Wednesday, marking Arab Prisoner Day on April 22, the committee said that Israeli occupation forces (IOF) have intensified policies of starvation, prolonged solitary confinement, medical neglect, and physical assaults, alongside the approval of legislation allowing the execution of prisoners.
These measures, the committee argued, are part of systematic attempts to break the will of the prisoners, who sacrificed their freedom for the dignity of the nation.
It called for urgent international action to halt the escalating abuses inside Israeli prisons.
The committee urged international and local human rights and legal organizations to break the silence, visit prisons, document violations, and file cases before international courts to hold Israeli officials accountable for the grave breaches of the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions.
It also called on the Jordanian government to take immediate and serious” steps to end the suffering of Jordanian prisoners, stressing that their continued detention constitutes “a national wound and ongoing anguish, and that protecting them and securing their release is “a constitutional and moral duty that cannot be delayed.
The statement appealed to the Jordanian public to maintain support for the prisoners’ cause and keep it visible in the streets and across media platforms, describing it as a national issue that touches every Jordanian household.
The committee reaffirmed its commitment to the cause of prisoners and missing persons until the last Jordanian prisoner is freed and the fate of all missing persons is revealed, under the slogan “Freedom for the prisoners, glory to the homeland.”
Arab Prisoner Day is marked annually on April 22 as a day of solidarity with Arab detainees in Israeli prisons.
It comes at the end of a week that begins with Palestinian Prisoner Day on April 17.
According to the latest available figures, the number of prisoners and detainees in Israeli jails exceeds 9,600 as of April 2026. This includes 86 women, 350 children, 3,532 administrative detainees held without charge or trial, and 1,251 prisoners classified as unlawful combatants.
The data indicates that there are around 25 non-Palestinian Arab prisoners, including about 20 Jordanians and roughly 5 prisoners from Syria and Lebanon, held across multiple facilities under the unlawful combatant designation or various prison sentences.
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